"hijabi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbi/ Forms: hijabis [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːbi Etymology: From hijab + -i. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hijab|-i}} hijab + -i Head templates: {{en-noun}} hijabi (plural hijabis)
  1. A person, usually a woman, who wears a hijab. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who wears a hijab): مُحَجَّبَة (muḥajjaba) [feminine] (Arabic), hijab-klædt kvinde (Danish), hijab-päinen nainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hijabi-en-noun-1z9inpU7 Disambiguation of People: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -i Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbi/ Forms: hijabis [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːbi Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa hijabi, from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ha|hijabi}} Hausa hijabi, {{der|en|ar|حِجَاب}} Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb), {{root|en|ar|ح ج ب}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} hijabi (plural hijabis)
  1. (chiefly in a West African context) Alternative form of hijab. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hijab Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-hijabi-en-noun-6RtXSF61 Disambiguation of People: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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